Animal ferry to sail
6th August 1998, Page 12
6th August 1998
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• Welsh farmers' organisation Farmers Ferry is confident that its new livestock ferry service will be running by the end of August, having secured about 40% of the £1.3m it needs in funding.
Chairman Terry Bayliss says there are a "few legal technicalities" to sort out, but he adds that the problem of start-up funding has now been resolved.
Farmers Ferry hopes to recapture the markets lost when P&O pulled out of transporting livestock last year following pressure from animal rights activists.
It is gearing up to carry up to 1.7.million sheep and lambs within three years: 432,000 sheep were exported last year.
Farmers Ferry is taking over the RO-RO ferry Cap Afrique, which can accommodate 26 loaded livestock vehicles.